Lisa Friend
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The Complete Songs of Ravel
Lorna Anderson, Sarah Dufresne (sopranos), Julie Boulianne, Paula Murrihy (mezzos), Dafydd Jones, Nicky Spence (tenors), John Chest, Simon Keenlyside (baritones), William Thomas (bass), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
A particular highlight is baritone Simon Keenlyside’s Histoires naturelles...his suave storytelling rejoices in Renard’s mordant characterisations. But above all, subtly shaded, Martineau’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2025, Vocal Choice
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Special offer. An American Affair - American Works For Flute
Lisa Friend (flute), Rohan de Silva (piano)
this programme has the air of an affair to remember. Super recording, too. —
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Deep In My Soul
Lisa Friend (flute), Mark Kincaid (piano), Rodney Friend (violin), Martin Radford (cello)
A bright temperament and a fluid technique distinguish this debut recital by the young British flautist Lisa Friend. —
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Lisa Friend gives us an apt whiff of sensuality in the opening ‘Bordello, 1900’, while maintaining the requisite fin de siècle decorum…The remainder of the programme is a pleasantly varied mix... —
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Clive Osgood: Chamber Works
Tippett Quartet (string quartet), John Mills, Jeremy Isaac, Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, Bozidar Vukotic, Lynn Arnold, Lisa Friend (flute)
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Luminance (solo and duo works for flute and piano)
Lisa Friend (flute), Anna Stokes (flute) & Mark Kinkaid (piano)
The total effect can be a tad floaty and saccharine, but there is beautiful playing. —
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The Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc Volume 5
Thomas Allen, Thomas Oliemans, Joshua Ellicott, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ann Murray, Sarah Fox, Malcolm Martineau (piano), Lisa Friend (flute), Julian Bliss (clarinet), Simon Desbruslais (trumpet), Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin)
The Badke Quartet
Thomas Allen's delivery of [La bestiare] is suave and secure. In both cycles, Julian Bliss's clarinet playing stands out for silkiness of tone...Catherine Wyn-Rogers finds a steely sensuality... —
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Whether you care for the disc as a whole will depend in part, I suspect, on how well you think [the transcriptions] serve or reflect the original work…The performances are persuasive, though…Not... —
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As We Dance on Air
Kerenza Peacock, Huw Watkins (piano), Dorothea Vogel, Alex Gale, Philip Higham, Benjamin Scott-Russell, Lisa Friend (flute), Mark Kinkaid, Martin Radford, The Hanke Brothers, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman
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